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> "MTA Chair Pat Foye, last week: “New York has a more built-out commuter rail network than London.”" Hmm. Perhaps Pat Foye should compare this map: https://n
by Reason077 7y ago
> "MTA Chair Pat Foye, last week: “New York has a more built-out commuter rail network than London.”"
Hmm. Perhaps Pat Foye should compare this map:
https://nycmap360.com/carte/pdf/en/nyc-rail-map.pdf https://nycmap360.com/carte/pdf/en/nyc-rail-map.pdf
To this one:
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/London_South_East_expanded-0919.pdf https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/London_South_East_expanded-09...
- Scoundreller 7y agoThing is, NYC is made up of grids. Effective bus service can do a better job of last-mile than it can in London. Dunno if that's true, but the theory works out. Toronto is finally considering making more and more roads transit-only instead of mixing streetcars and buses with general traffic. If London did/does that, it wouldn't/doesn't improve speeds as much. Though I like how London runs different lines/routes into stations so you can get to your destination without transferring by getting on the right train in the first place.
- gok 7y agoThe point Alon was making is that Foye is fucking clueless.